Assassin's Creed II

The first thing you'll notice about this game is, that everything has improved from the first part. The game is fun and offers a ton of new options for movement, combat, and assassination. However, it gets really repetitive due to its size, and the game feels stretched, mainly due to some stupid, pointless missions like the 9 lieutenants or the whole bs in Forli. Many missions just feel like going to point A, doing something, and returning to the start. Parkour over water is still incredibly frustrating, and the parkour in general is janky af sometimes, as you randomly jump off corners quite often, because the dumbass thinks you want to jump into the water. The collectibles are tedious as well, but the glyphs are really cool and feel like a mystery that builds up increasingly. Because I actually went for the platinum trophy here, I completed all the trophies as well and found some of them to be a little annoying, but overall very easy to 100%. Besides that, the story is really good and finishes on a nice note while leaving room for the next game (which I will play after). Overall, this is my favourite Assassin's Creed game so far. Considering I've played four of the games at this point (including two fairly recent ones, AC Origins and Odyssey), it’s sad to see that this franchise evolved in a completely wrong direction. 7 - 7.5/10